Children at a community health event in Timor Leste, one of the locations where Health Alliance International has maternal-child health programs. Photo credit: Jessica Dyer (MPH '15), George Povey Fellow.

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Melissa Mugambi

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Biography

Melissa Mugambi, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health, Implementation Science Program. Prior to this appointment, she served as a Program Officer and Fellow on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Diagnostics Team and as a Prevention Effectiveness Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As a Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, she was primarily responsible for a portfolio that covered cross-cutting (multiple infectious disease and reproductive health) diagnostic needs. She led research activities in 11 health centers and district hospitals in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to evaluate facility infrastructure, data management systems, patient workflow and testing needs as part of efforts to guide diagnostic investment decisions designed to cut across multiple program strategies. During her graduate career, she worked on various projects in sub-Saharan Africa including studies related to pediatric adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy in Zambia and the introduction and implementation of infant HIV point-of-care test devices in Uganda and Kenya. Her current research interests focus on the implementation of health technology interventions and delivery models designed to optimize antenatal care services in low-and-middle income countries and among immigrant populations in the Seattle area.